What's the best Marvel has ever published?

Busiek Avengers is pretty good, same his Thunderbolts.

Fury: My war gone by

I don't know OP, but silver surfer : requiem is definitely one of the best comics you will ever read.

Great list, but you forgot garth ennis punisher max up there

It's unfiltered trash. Silver Surfer walks the universe preaching his smugness. It's basically Superman Grounded with silver surfer.

Amazing Spider-Man from 1962 up to Maximum Carnage

For graphic novel-ly kind of stuff? Top five would look something like this
>God Loves Man Kills
>Daredevil Born Again
>Silver Surfer Requiem
>Marvels
>Earth X

Honorable mentions to the Loeb/Sale books

Trouble

Akira is technically under Marvel.

>>Marvels
>>Earth X
These work perfectly as a "first Marvel story" and "last Marvel story". Earth X is seriously underrated. If you know your Marvel it's just perfect.

This.

>If you know your Marvel it's just perfect.

I think this is why people don't consider Marvel having the kinds of stories OP describes. DC has heroes that are archetypes that you can walk blind into and appreciate, while a good number of iconic Marvel stories need you to have some background experience with.

Yeah. I've always said Marvel was the more rewarding universe after 1000, 2000, etc, issues read. There's just so much self-reference.

Quality wise, I’d say a few are

>Lee/Ditko/Romita Sr/Stern Amazing Spider-Man
>J.M Dematteis’ Spider-Man runs, particularly Spectacular
>Frank Miller Daredevil
>Dennis O’Neal Invincible Iron Man
>Lee/Kirby Fantastic Four
>Roy Thomas’ Sub-Mariner ongoing
>Garth Ennis’ Punisher MAX
>Jim Starlin’s Captain Marvel
>Lee’s Silver Surfer run

>Earth X
Was surprised it took a while before this was posted

It was posted before me

What’s Earth X about?

DC fag here

It's hard to explain because it's so long and ambitious. It basically reads like the last Marvel comic ever (even though it has crappy sequels.)

I would just dive in. It's very Watchmenlike in its format and ambition.

Definitely for Batman

Yes.

Miler Daredevil
Lee/Kirby FF
Lee/Ditko/Romita Spider-Man
Conway Spider-Man
Roger Stern Spider-Man
Claremont X-men/New Mutants
Morrison X-men
Marvels
Priest Black Panther
Brubaker Captain America
Infinity Gauntlet

Tom King's Vision is the best thing they've published since Morrison's New X-Men.

Fraction Hawkeye is unironically better

A lot of Epic books

Don McGregor's the Panther's Rage
I'm not so great at putting thoughts into words so I'm just gonna steal a bit from McDuffie
>[...] sit down and read the whole thing. It's damn-near flawless, every issue, every scene, a functional, necessary part of the whole. Okay, now go back and read any individual issue. You'll find in seamlessly integrated words and pictures; clearly introduced characters and situations; a concise (sometimes even transparent) recap; beautifully developed character relationships; at least one cool new villain; a stunning action set piece to test our hero's skills and resolve; and a story that is always moving forward towards a definite and satisfying conclusion. That's what we should all be delivering, every single month. Don and company did it in only 17 story pages per issue.

the first 12 issues of the 'Nam,

>Honorable mentions to the Loeb/Sale books
they're really good too

so is Groo